/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 GeoScheduler Team, as stated on <http://www.geoscheduler.org/authors>.
 * 
 * This file is part of GeoScheduler.
 * 
 * GeoScheduler is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * GeoScheduler is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with GeoScheduler. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.geoscheduler.dao;

import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;

/**
 * Ancestor of data access objects.
 * 
 * This is generic class, with two parametrized types:
 * 		T - identifies type of entity
 * 		U - identifies type of entities id
 * 
 * It contains basic access functions commonly used in all DAOs.
 *
 * @author lko
 * @author srakyi
 */
public interface BasicGSDAO<T, U> {

	public T loadById(U id) throws DataAccessException;

	public int delete(U id) throws DataAccessException;

	public T insert(T entity) throws DataAccessException;

	public T update(T entity) throws DataAccessException;

}
